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Acknowledgements

An acknowledgement is a notarial certificate attached to a document through which the notary public confirms the identity of the signer and the signer acknowledges being the signer of the document.

By completing a certificate of acknowledgment, the notary public is certifying under penalty of perjury:

• That the signer personally appeared before the notary public on the date indicated and in the county indicated in the venue heading;

• To the identity of the signer (based on satisfactory evidence); and

• That the signer acknowledged signing the document. (California Civil Code section 1189.)

Jurats

A jurat is a notarial certificate attached to a document when a person signs a document and swears under oath or affirms that the contents of the document are true and correct. The notarial certificate for a jurat is identified by the wording "Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed).” The jurat also typically will be found at the end of the document. 

By completing a jurat, the notary public certifies: 

• That the signer personally appeared before the notary public on the date indicated and in the county indicated;

• To the identity of the signer by satisfactory evidence;

• That the notary public administered the oath or affirmation; and

• That the signer signed the document in the presence of the notary public. (California Government Code section 8202.)